These islands, including the Maldives, Tuvalu, Seychelles, and Kiribati, are not just picturesque vacation spots. Instead, ...

Conifer species of Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs) are especially sensitive to coupled changes in climate and fire regime. Recently California’s MTE conifers have experienced elevated mortality, ...

The Annual climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Queensland using the most timely and accurate information available on ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

The deadly Los Angeles infernos have laid waste to entire communities, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and destroying at least 16,000 structures, many of them homes. It's likely to be one ...

such as deforestation to create new agricultural zones, or creating them on slopes. Just because the climate in the region may be suitable, the practicalities of crop cultivation might not be.

(Photos courtesy of Chip Allen) The Tuscan style is suitably parallel with a Northern California aesthetic, as the regions share a comparable climate and similar indigenous materials. Both Lugo and ...